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Check The Hindu Editorial Article's vocabulary- Inevitable Collapse. Editorial articles are important for all competitive exams, they'll help you in enhancing your reading ability and vocabulary.

1. Hinge (verb) अटकना 

Meaning:- depend entirely on. 

Synonyms:- articulation, axis 

Example:- If any part of the frame cracked, if the hinge creaked, I was a lost man! 

2. Inevitable (adjective) अपरिहार्य 

Meaning:- certain to happen; unavoidable. 

Synonyms:- imminent, impending 

Antonyms:- avoidable, distant 

Example:- We are not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. 

3. Shrank (verb) सिकुड़ गया

Meaning:- become or make smaller in size or amount. 

Synonyms:- decrease, diminish

 Antonyms:- develop, enlarge 

Example:- Of a sudden, she shrank again, and turned her head away, and her body trembled. 

4. Stringent (adjective) कड़ी से कड़ी 

Meaning:- (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting. 

Synonyms:- binding, demanding 

Antonyms:- amenable, calm 

Example:- These stringent measures were not, however, put into effect at once 

5. Abjured (verb) अस्वीकार करना 

Meaning:- solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim). 

Synonyms:- forswear, recant 

Antonyms:- allow, emphasize 

Example:- They then ordered her “to abjure” publicly the various things of which she was accused. 

6. Discretionary (adjective) विवेकाधीन 

Meaning:- denoting or relating to investment funds placed with a broker or manager who has discretion to invest them on the client’s behalf. 

Synonyms:- unrestricted, at the call 

Antonyms:- nondiscretionary 

Example:- It may be needless to add that a discretionary power was then extended to him. 

7. Refrained (verb) परहेज 

Meaning:- stop oneself from doing something. 

Synonyms:- abstain, avoid 

Antonyms:- carry on, continue 

Example:- Brazzier was quick to comprehend the situation, and he refrained. 

8. Plunging (adjective) डूबनेवाला 

Meaning:- falling steeply. 

Synonyms:- revealing, shocking 

Example:- I’m going to go you, though I think you’re plunging on a hundred-to-one shot. 

9. Omnibus (adjective) सार्वत्रिक 

Meaning:- comprising several items. 

Synonyms:- anthology, vehicle, whole 

Example:- He was the owner of the omnibus which ran between Arromanches and Bayeux.